HISTORY: CLARK, James (brother of Christopher Henderson Clark and Uncle of John Bullock Clark), a Representative from Kentucky; born near the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, Virginia January 16, 1770; moved with his parents to Clark County, Kentucky in 1794; was educated by private tutors; attended Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Kentucky; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Winchester, Kentucky in 1797; member of the State house of representatives in 1807 and 1808; appointed judge of the court of appeals in 1810; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1813 until his resignation in 1816; judge of the circuit court 1817-1824; elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Clay; re-elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses and served from August 1, 1825 to March 3, 1831; chairman, Committee on Territories (Twenty-first Congress); member of the State senate 1831-1835; elected, as a Whig, Governor of Kentucky in 1836, and served until his death in Frankfort, Kentucky September 27, 1839; interment in the private burial ground of the old Clark home at Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. (Info located on the net in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.)

He was 19 in 1850 living with a Sarah W. LANDER and her children in Christian County, Kentucky.

He was 29 in 1860 living in Hopkinsville PO, Christian, Kentucky.

He was 39 in 1870 living in Scates Mill, Christian, Kentucky.

He was 50 in 1880 living in Bainbridge, Christian, Kentucky

HISTORY: Wilson Henry drowned trying to cross Muddy Fork Creek in high water. He had been in town drinking with some friends. They tried to get him to stay over night, but he said, come down to the river and watch me drown. I wonder if it was an accident or intentional. Jessie Doss Beard, told her son Frank this story in the 1970's. According to newspaper article the horse came home with the sad news Wilson Henry had tried to ride his horse across the swollen creek.

COURT RECORDS: Cumberland County, Kentucky Deed Book D, page #147 & 149, 9 Nov 1819
William DOSS and Laban DOSS, poor boys of the county are apprenticed to Samuel G. CHEATHAM, to dwell until 21 years, to serve as apprentices in the art of cabinet making. He will provide sufficient meat, drink and apparel, washing, lodging, and will teach or cause to be taught and instructed in reading, writing and will provide for such apprentices so they will be no charge to the county during said term, and at expiration of said term pay 3 pounds, 10 shillings and allow a decent suit of new clothes at end of service.

COURT RECORDS: Adair County, Kentucky Deed Book E, page #663, 1 Apr 1822
William DOSS, poor boy of the county, apprenticed to Stephen ROGERS until he reaches 21 years, to learn the art and mystery of shoe and boot making.

NOTES: I am thinking this William mentioned in the above 2 court records is probably Samuel since I have never had a record of a William DOSS before as a child of Phillip and Rhoda.

NEWSPAPERS: The Crittenden Press Newspaper, Thursday, December 9, 1879, Samuel H. DOSS Jr. while under arrest in Christian County, was shot and mortally wounded. DOSS has been out of the penitentiary about one month. The Crittenden Press Newspaper, Thursday, December 17, 1879, Richard WADE was arrested for the killing of DOSS in Christian County last week.